Mammals Show Faster Recovery From Capture and Tagging in Human-disturbed Landscapes
Jonas Stiegler, Cara A. Gallagher, Robert Hering, Thomas Müller, … Abi T. Vanak, Bettina Wachter,… Nature Commnunications | September 15, 2024 Wildlife tagging provides critical insights into animal movement ecology, physiology, and behavior amid global ecosystem changes. However, the stress induced by capture, handling, and tagging can impact post-release locomotion and activity and, consequently, the […]
Study on the Genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, With Three New Species From India
Seena N. Karimbumkara, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan European Journal Of Taxonomy | September 10, 2024 Three new species of Onitis Fabricius, 1798 are described: Onitis bhomorensis sp. nov. from Assam (Northeast India), O. kethai sp. nov. and O. visthara sp. nov. from Karnataka (South India). Onitis bordati Cambefort, 1988 is recorded for the first time for […]
Aenictus kodaguensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a unique species from India
Bikash Sahoo, Ramakrishnaiah Sahanashree, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan & Aniruddha Datta- Roy Asian Myrmecology | August 24, 2024 A new species, Aenictus kodaguensis sp. nov., belonging to the genus Aenictus Shuckard, 1840, has been described from India based on the worker caste. This species is a member of the Aenictus pachycerus group and was discovered during […]
Revisiting Current Distribution and Future Habitat Suitability Models for the Endemic Malabar Tree Toad (Pedostibes Tuberculosus) Using Citizen Science Data
C. K. Aravind, Hebbar Priti, S. Harikrishnan, Chellam Ravi, The Mapping Malabar Tree Toad Programme & Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja Scientific Reports | August 14, 2024 Climate change is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss. Among vertebrates, amphibians are one of the more sensitive groups to climate change due to their unique ecology, habitat […]
Ornithological Results of the Siang Biodiversity Expedition 2022, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Puja Sharma, Priya Singh, Vivek Ramachandran, Rajkamal Goswami, Sanjay Sondhi, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Jagdish Krishnaswamy & Sandesh Kadur Indian Birds | August 9, 2024 In 2022, a multi-taxa survey was conducted in the sites covered during the colonial Abor Expedition of 1911–12 in the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh. The survey included birds from locations in […]
Living With Jungle Giants: Human-elephant Dynamics and Coexistence Alternatives in the Transboundary Landscape of Kangchenjunga
Kesang Wangchuk, Janita Gurung, Sanjeeb Pradhan, Namgay Wangchuk, Kencho Rigzin & Sarala Khaling Biodiversity and Conservation | August 2, 2024 Studies on human-elephant interactions are typically confined to a single country. Since elephants traverse international boundaries, it is critical to comprehend human-elephant interactions along their migration routes and recognize the significance of conserving these animals. […]
Description of six new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern India
Bitupan Boruah, Surya Narayanan, Neelavar Ananthram Aravind, Samuel Lalronunga, V. Deepak, Abhijit Das Vertebrate Zoology | July 18, 2024 We describe six new species of Cyrtodactylus from the khasiensis group using morphological characteristics, supported by the molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial ND2 gene. We used four different molecular species delimitation analyses that re- covered […]
A New Species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) From the Eastern Escarpment of the Southern Western Ghats, India
David J. Gower, Sandeep Das, v. Deepak, Jason D. Gerard, Surya Narayanan Zootaxa | July 7, 2024 A new species of the uropeltid (‘shieldtail’) snake genus Uropeltis is described based on eight specimens from the southern part of peninsular India’s Western Ghats. Uropeltis caudomaculata sp. nov. is phenotypically and genetically most similar to U. pulneyensis […]
New Distribution Records of Three Terrestrial Snails of the Genus Bouchetcamaena Thach, 2018 (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) from Northeast India
Nipu Kumar Das, Aravind N.A. Records Of Zoological Survey Of India Journal | July 6, 2024 The camaenid genus Bouchetcamaena comprises fifteen species distributed across South Asia (India, Bangladesh) and Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand). Among these, six species are found in India: B. delibrata (Manipur; Sibsagar, Assam; Khasi hills, Meghalaya; Chhimtuipui, Mizoram), B. Ju.sea (Manipur; […]
What is the state of the art on traditional medicine interventions for zoonotic diseases in the Indian subcontinent? A scoping review of the peer-reviewed evidence base
Festus A. Asaaga, Emmanuel S. Tomude, Mujeeb Rahman, Irfan Shakeer, Nitya S. Ghotge, Sarah J. Burthe, Stefanie M. Schäfer, Abi T. Vanak, Bethan V. Purse & Subhash L. HotiBmc Complementary Medicine And Therapies BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies | June 29, 2024 Traditional medicine (TM) interventions are plausible therapeutic alternatives to conventional medical interventions against […]
